The Orville Lowdown

The show is from Emmy Award-winning executive producer and creator Seth MacFarlane. He is know for Family Guy, Ted, and Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey.

The series is a live-action, one-hour space adventure series set 400 years in the future. It follows The Orville, a mid-level exploratory spaceship. Its crew, both human and alien, face the wonders and dangers of outer space. They are also dealing with the familiar, often humorous problems of everyday life.

The ensemble series stars MacFarlane as the ship’s Commanding Officer, Ed Mercer. Adrianne Palicki, who is known for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Friday Night Lights plays his ex-wife, Kelly Grayson. She is assigned as his First Officer.